Bush Team Casts Foes as Defeatist: “When Bush and his allies accuse those favoring such a timetable of ’self-defeating pessimism,’ as Cheney put it this week…”
I guess that should make me proud to be an American, the land where name calling is the name of the game when you don’t have a clue.
You know, everyone [...]

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The Writer’s Almanac from American Public Media: “It’s the birthday of political humorist Molly Ivins, born in Monterey, California (1944).”
Have a great birthday Molly…And many more. Your humor is appreciated and I marvel at your optimism.

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I guess this pretty much explains the shenanigans in Florida in 2000…
ORLANDO, Aug. 25 — Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) said this week that God did not intend for the United States to be a ‘nation of secular laws’ and that the separation of church and state is a ‘lie we have been told’ to keep [...]

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Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!: “From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE…
What the Terrorists Want
I lived for 5 years in Dusseldorf, Germany inthe late 70s when I was just a li’l nipper. Terrorism was a fact of life thereand throughout Europe. The police carried machine guns, bombs went off, peoplewere kidnapped or killed…and LIFE [...]

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page 40…
Article II of the United States Constitution provides that any citizen of appropriate birth, age and residency may be elected to the Office of President of the United States and be vested with the executive power of this nation.48The duties and powers of the Chief Executive are carefully listed, including the duty to be [...]

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The War Bush Isn’t Fighting:
When unsmiling agents at the airport take away your contact lens solution, your toothpaste, and your cologne or after-shave, remember Osama bin Laden. Remember the real war on terrorism that the Bush administration and its allies decided not to fight, preferring cowboy-style military adventures.
The revelation yesterday of the elaborate plot to [...]

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Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: “Yglesias Award Nominee
10 Aug 2006 04:37 pm
‘And yet, much as I’m reluctant to agree with him, Weisberg has a point: aside from kvetching about Bush’s policies, the liberal blogosphere has chosen to almost unanimously sit out any substantive discussion of the fight against radical jihadism and what to do [...]

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